The Cave King will live a Paradise Life -Becoming the strongest with the mining skill?-

"Now, all of you."

I saw the dragon men who were no longer Lindblum and squealed like that.

Their three sailboats were pulled like toys by Mappagolem and made ashore at the wharf.

Each ship had only about ten watchmen and other slaves on it, and he seemed to give up fighting for what he thought was just a giant stone statue, the Mappagolem, set in motion.

More importantly, when Arder, their leader, is grabbed by his neck like a chicken before he squeezes, there is no reason to lose his will.

So now, before me, more than a thousand dragon men were sitting down on the spot.

No one will try to resist the demons that surround them anymore.

Most of them had black burnt ears.

I guess it's because they burned my wings when I was in lindblum form, but how painful.

Also, they were all slightly thinner than they had been before they were transformed into Lindblum.

Barris was right, I guess the wings were the source of power. As for Arder, he doesn't feel like a successful elderly man, he looks like his grandfather.

... If they were just the ones who came to this island, they would have treated them.

But I can't do that this time.

They are, in other words, invaders.

We said we'd give them water and food, and we even treated the wounded and sick.

But they just couldn't get tired of it and tried to harm us. My eyes must be dazzled by the jewelry on this island.

Yerevan and Camus also turned their blades on me at first. But they were in danger of life, and if they walked over, they stopped fighting. It's not like this one.

So you can't treat me the same way.

That's when, on behalf of the slaves, Belfalto came.

"Dear Heels, all the companions and those caught on the ship have been freed! We're treating Riena and the others."

The slaves on the ship must have been chained.

Everyone, their clothes were worn out and their bodies had scratches like they had been slapped with whips.

"Good for you. I've got a meal for you, so eat up and go."

"Oh, thank you! What a thank you... yes."

With that said, Belfalto breaks the hem of his clothes and puts a piece of paper out of it.

Maybe he was hiding it so the Arders wouldn't find him. I guess that's all that matters.

"What's that?

"It's an insurance policy. Before I went out to sea, I was insuring my ship and my shipment."

Sailing is always dangerous.

Ships and loads sink in natural disasters or are attacked by pirates.

I'm insured for when that happens.

Pay the money to the state to lend money before sailing, and if there is damage to the ship or load, you will receive the money to compensate for it.

Unlike insurance for merchants going by carriage by road, is it in that the insurance is expensive because it covers a large asset called a ship, a large amount of loads?

But Belfalt says sorry so.

"I think it's too little money for the heels..."

I read securities. The letters belong to the Farion continent and cannot be translated immediately. But only the numbers quickly figured it out.

"Thirty thousand ortho...... eh, ortho is Amoris' currency, right? (i) How much is the ortho in the dell of the kingdom..."

"One ortho, ten del... so it will be three hundred thousand del"

"Sa, 300,000 Dell!? You can buy a mansion along Wangdu Boulevard..."

In the Wang capital, it's big enough to buy a luxurious house like the one inhabited by rich merchants and junior nobles. Even royalty, if they accept a bribe for this amount, they will inadvertently turn on the other person.

"Huh? Well, maybe that's about it... but for Master Heels, this kind of money"

Belfalto leaned his neck to my surprise.

Seeing the jewelry the demons could wear, they thought it was 300,000 Dell or something.

Sure, if you try to sell everything I've ever dug, it'll probably be enough to add up all the dells in the kingdom.

In fact, if I knew that was all I had, the value of the gem would be reduced.

"No, it's a lot of money... Belfalt, this is your insurance. You lost your ship, didn't you? You can use it yourself."

"But... I asked you to save my life and let me go. Very ungrateful…"

Belfalto seems like a legitimate human being.

I guess I can't leave the grace I received.

"Either way, isn't that something you can't take until you get back to the country?

"Well... oh, speaking of which... how do we get home"

I guess the Belfalto ship has been sunk.

Those three carac ships seem to have belonged to the Arders from the beginning.

"They all want to go home, don't they? Then you can use that carrack ship."

"So, but that's what Heels got nabbed for, and that's not how it works."

"I really wanted a ship. But unfortunately, there's not enough sailors. I don't need three ships."

"But then it's too much... Then let me buy it out, so I'll give you the money when I get home... No, when it comes to a ship that size, it's a very 30,000 ortho..."

Belfalt holds his head.

"I mean, 30,000 ortho, it's all about compensation to the client for the delivery... then mortgage the house"

Perhaps it feels disgusting not to be worth it.

If you're a stubborn merchant, you'll be happy to raise your hands.

Then let me suggest it, too.

"Belfalto, you were a merchant, weren't you?

"Yes! Still freshly independent... No, this is my first voyage since independence, and I haven't even made a profit yet, so can I be a trader yet..."

To Belfalt, who dropped his shoulder, I continued.

"Then why don't you hire me?

"Is it to Master Heel? I don't mind that."

"Then I want you to send these dragon men to their homeland. With my letter."

"Are you going to return them!?

"Oh, even if I were here, the whole island wouldn't accept me."

No, everyone might try their best to accept it.

But I can't see the dragon men at heart walking over.

There are many who curse us aloud, even in this period.

They are the ones who enslave the multiracial. I won't allow their pride to be equal to ours.

Arder looks bitter, but he looks at us with resentment.

But when Yerevan, next to me, glanced back, he immediately bowed his head.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to welcome these people to this island.

"Of course that will be. Because I have avenged my gratitude. I didn't think so, I just thought I'd go home. Well... I'm against the slave trade, but even if I lose my ears, dragon slaves sell high, and even on this island, to the labor force..."

"There are no slaves on our island. I will always be."

"Really...... no, excuse me. You let us go in the first place, so you heard something weird."

Belfalt seems happy that I disagree with the use of slavery.

"Of course, I'll take it. They've attacked us by concealing the flag, but ostensibly the kingdom of Vader Dragon and the Republic of Amoris are not in a state of war. As long as we have a truce agreement, we can send it back safely if we land it. But if you're not a slave, in what name would you send them?

"I'm a war prisoner. What they tried to do was declare war. We fought and we tied them up."

"I see... it's certainly an act of declaring war. Eh, heel-like country..."

"It's..."

One lord of the kingdom of Samphales...... if you name it so, there seems to be a slight problem.

Beyond the fact that they were sent back as ”prisoners," the other side has to respond accordingly.

Of course, if it's a tribal society, it just might end upside down. But if you're about to name your country and enter into a non-war agreement, you're sure you know the word "foreign" that cares about the outside world.

In that premise, Arder would ostensibly always be punished.

Attacking a ship without flying the flag is a fine act of piracy. If Belfalto tells his country, the Republic of Amoris, which is supposed to have a non-war agreement, the other side puts punishment on Arder even if he doesn't like it diplomatically, and he has to apologize.

Besides, he stuck his demands on someone who had no diplomatic ties and used force, so he should try to apologize to us for something.

But that ”we” is the problem.

How many are we, externally?

Demons don't have nationality, but I'm supposed to be a lord of the kingdom... If so, this is the kingdom's territory, and I'm a kingdom man.

But if I were to call it that, the Dragon Kingdom would send a messenger not here, but to the capital of the kingdom, the King's Capital.

That means that this issue is almost certain to come to my father's knowledge. The demons and I live in, naturally, will be in my ears.

However, beyond the return of Belfalto and those who were other slaves in the first place, in the end the island will be known to the outside world.

I can't force them to stay here. They have a family, too, and they should all be waiting for us to get home.

It has already been found by the Duchy ships...... it would be time to continue to conceal the very existence of the island.

Even we don't refuse to connect with the outside world. If I can be friendly with you, I'd like to welcome you. Of course, if we know the wealth we have, we may have uninvited guests. We need to hide what we hide and identify who we welcome.

Anyway, sooner or later, the day will come when this island will be revealed.

Then we shall establish diplomatic relations as a separate country from the kingdom.

... create a free country that has nothing to do with race, or with the mess of the continent.

"The name of this country is Cheol... and the representative of that Cheol is me, Heel"

I proclaimed Cheol an independent nation on this day.